organize

Meaning

1. (transitive) To arrange in working order.
2. (transitive) To constitute in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation; to systematize.
3. (transitive) To furnish with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life
4. (transitive) To sing in parts.
5. (intransitive, transitive) To band together into a group or union that can bargain and act collectively; to unionize.

Synonyms

arrange

organise

form

prepare

establish

order

put in order

systematize

set up

classify

hold

get ready

create

found

make

manage

structure

unite

coordinate

get up

direct

stage

line up

marshal

unionize

plan

assemble

integrate

join

cause to take place

sort

run

machinate

systemize

mastermind

combine

unionise

fix

devise

mount

compose

orchestrate

provoke

incorporate

cause

position

inflict

merge

open

give rise to

set

sponsor

consolidate

couple

👫

shape

pose

embody

adjust

engineer

provide

fix up

result in

put into order

regulate

make up

regiment

wreak

concentrate

set out

simplify

situate

sort out

spot

stagger

start

straighten

straighten up

streamline

supervise

supply

synthesize

system

systematise

take care of

texture

textus

tidy up

tissue

raise an issue

trim

unravel

urge

act as agent

act as go-between

be in charge of

get organized

make ready

set in order

systemise

tee up

unclutter

accommodate

make appear

anthologize

array

attemper

blend

book

📖

boss

carry on

caucus

clean

coalesce

codify

coin

🪙

collate

collect

command

compile

conjoin

consider

constitute

construct

contexture

delineate

deliver

develop

dispose

distribute

do

draw up

dress

👗

execute

exhibit

fashion

format

frame

fuse

gather

get

give

ground

handle

identify

initiate

jack

launch

lay

locate

look after

look out for

methodize

mix

morphology

motivate

move

organization

organizing

procure

program

prove

pull off

pull together

purvey

put right

put together

put up

reform

rule

sequence

Translations

organiser

organisieren

organizar

organiseren

uitschrijven

regelen

établir

reconstituer

arranger

fonder

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: organizen

In summary

From Middle English organizen, organysen, partly from Middle French organiser and partly from its etymon, Medieval Latin organizō, from Latin organum (“organ”). By surface analysis, organ + -ize.